Overplayed songs that should be retired by radio stations

[SarahBellum]

Here are a few of my suggestions:

Hotel California - Eagle
Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

What else?

[HuntingtonM15]

Okay, I can't think of anything to add right now but I totally agree with all of these--especially the last two.

[GentlemanJim]

Hip to be Square - Huey Lewis
Urgent and I want to know what Love is - Foreigner
What About Love? - Heart
Night Moves and Mainstreet - Bob Seger
Just the Way you Are and Still Rock and Roll to me - Billy Joel

[1960'sTVfan]

I don't listen to the radio for music anymore, haven't done that in many years, I have a collection of vinyl records and CD's that I enjoy whenever I want to hear some music. But I agree that some stations over play certain songs and they should change things up a little.

[1960'sTVfan]

Originally Posted by GentlemanJim

Urgent and I want to know what Love is - Foreigner

On the subject of Foreigner, I think that band pretty much went into decline after the 4th album, but those first four albums are good, Double Vision being the weakest of the lot because that one has a few filler tunes that I don't care for too much.

[shotzette]

Anything by the Foo Fighters. They're so overrated...

[opus]

Originally Posted by shotzette

Anything by the Foo Fighters. They're so overrated...

Sacrilege

[opus]

If we’re sticking to classic rock, how about Stairway To Heaven? Even people who haven’t been born yet have heard Stairway To Heaven to overkill.

[GentlemanJim]

Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

On the subject of Foreigner, I think that band pretty much went into decline after the 4th album, but those first four albums are good, Double Vision being the weakest of the lot because that one has a few filler tunes that I don't care for too much.

Yeah, I pretty much agree. Except my enjoyment for the band pretty much evaporated after Head Games.. Jukebox Hero might be an exception to that... But most of the stuff after Head Games I can't believe is from the same band that did the first album.

[GentlemanJim]

We've got a station here locally that like 90% of what they play is

Billy Joel
Heart
Foreigner (late)
Huey Lewis
Bob Seger
John Mellencamp
Queen

And they used to insist that we listen only to that station at work, because it was considered "customer safe", meaning they didn't have ads or editorial content that was explicitly adult in nature.

And it got to where it made me gag..

[SarahBellum]

Here in Cleveland, there are a few stations that play Billy Joel excessively, especially Piano Man.

[DJM77]

I've been forced to listen to the radio at work for many years. I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned "Don't Stop Believin" by Journey. That's the most overplayed song on the radio in my opinion.

[HuntingtonM15]

Originally Posted by DJM77

I've been forced to listen to the radio at work for many years. I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned "Don't Stop Believin" by Journey. That's the most overplayed song on the radio in my opinion.

Yes, absolutely! I cannot stomach listening to that song anymore.

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by shotzette

Anything by the Foo Fighters. They're so overrated...

A few months ago I had a Nirvana shirt on and a teenage girl approached me and asked if that was Dave Grohl. I said yes and she’s like “What’s Nirvana?”

In my head I’m going but I said it was the band he was in before Foo Fighters.

[icecream]

Santa Baby
most songs from The Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin- I do like Ruby Tuesday but that doesn't get played much anyway.